Meenakshi Thapar, 26, who had appeared in the Indian horror film 404 last
year, met the two aspiring actors who allegedly later killed her on the set
of her latest film, Heroine.

Amit Jaiswal, 36, and his lover Preeti Surin, allegedly decided to kidnap Ms
Thapar after listening to her boast about her family’s wealth and status in
Dehra Dun, in the Himalayan foothills of northern India.

They allegedly invited her on a trip with them to Gorakhpur, a small town
close to India’s border with Nepal and known for its Buddhist temples, where
they held her hostage and sent a message to Ms Thapar’s Nepali parents
demanding 1,500,000 Rupees (£18,000).

According to police, her ‘fellow actors’ warned her mother they would force
her daughter to take part in pornography films if their demands were not met.